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Instrument Not Laid Before <br />the Parliament
Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Commencement No 1) (Scotland) Order 2005 (SSI 2005/358)
There is one small point. The order gives the appointed day as 1 July, but does not say whether that is in 2005.
It would be useful to know the exact date, otherwise it could be any year of any millennium.
The year is included in the explanatory note.
Even so, it is still a point to be picked up.
The Executive always tells us that the explanatory note has no legislative impact, so it could not found on that. It would be legitimate for anyone who is in breach of the order to plead that it had apparently not come into effect.
We were just testing that you knew the answer, Murray, and you did. It was perfect.
The committee will now move into private session.
Meeting continued in private until 11:18.
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